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Lawsuit (SLAPP)

Miller Dussan

Status: UNKNOWN

Date lawsuit was filed
1 Nov 2015
Date accuracy
Year and Month Correct
Miller Dussan
Criminal
Male
Affected community's leader or member
Lawsuits: SLAPPs
Legal claims: Obstruction of public roads
Lawsuit Brought By: Company
Target: Individual
Location of Filing: Colombia
Location of Incident: Colombia

Sources

In November 2015, local company EMGESA - a subsidiary of the Italian multinational ENEL, which built the Quimbo dam - accused Miller Dussan and Elsa Ardila, former president of ASOQUIMBO (Association of Those Affected by the Quimbo dam), of obstructing public roads and affecting public order. This charge, which carries between two to five years in prison, relates to a mobilisation in 2012, that was organised by several local NGOs and civil society organisations, including ASOQUIMBO, to protest against the damage to a local bridge caused by EMGESA.Miller Dussán Calderón the director of ASOQUIMBO, an organization that protested against the dam El Quimbo in Colombia since 2009. The hydroelectric project was operated by the local company EMGESA, a subsidiary of the Italian multinational ENEL. As a result of the dam, more than 11,000 people were evicted, and thousands of fisherfolk have lost their livelihoods. In November 2015, EMGESA accused Miller Dussán Calderón of obstructing public roads and affecting public order. This charge, which carries between two to five years in prison, relates to a demonstration in 2012 organized by several local NGOs and civil society organizations, including ASOQUIMBO, to protest against the damage to a local bridge caused by EMGESA.